Last year, the Perry County DA’s office filed charges in 65% of all reported sex crimes, more than double the state average.

Some lawmakers had demanded the Colorado Bureau of Investigation show a clear plan to resolve the 500-day wait for test ...

A bill, HB 2581, would require Phoenix Police to participate in a program that allows survivors to track where their rape kits are.

Colorado state Rep. Jenny Willford pushes for faster DNA testing of rape kits, addressing backlog and concerns over agency ...

Definitively convicting rapists is only possible thanks to one woman's efforts to create a forensic chain of evidence. A new book explores the rape kit and how we still fail survivors ...

The Indiana General Assembly is making its way to the halfway point of the 2025 legislative session, with lawmakers ...

The bacterial composition of our genital microbiome is as unique as we are, and it's transferred during sex, according to new ...

A man has been charged more than 35 years after a woman was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered in Washtenaw County.

Self-swab DNA testing could put rape survivors "at risk", forensic experts say, with a leading lawyer adding he is "horrified ...

The San Jose Police Department is hoping to generate new leads in sexual assault cold cases by resubmitting hundreds of rape kits for testing. The ...